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From: shikago

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Date: 5/20/2013 11:52:50 PM
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Be nice to see the Grizzlies Vs Indiana in the finals!

David Stern's worst nightmare! (same for TV executives)
Do you think the officials/refs would allow it to happen?

From: Kilrtom
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Date: 5/21/2013 3:03:14 AM
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Would be great for the small markets. Im sure they wouldnt be able to stop it if it happened

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From: E.B.W.

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Date: 5/21/2013 10:42:39 PM
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I could see Stern telling refs that the Home team has to win if it goes to a game 7. Especially in the Heat's case. The only way I see Indiana winning this series vs the Heat is if they manage to win 3 of the first 4.

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From: tough
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Date: 5/21/2013 11:12:56 PM
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so how 'bout them Cavs? 1st pick with like a 15% chance of getting it! Thats what i call luck. Now they get to have a lot of young crop on their team.....and if they hold back for one more season and get a top 10 or so pick in the draft, they could be in really good shape after 2014.

You got Waitors, Noel, Kyrie, Zellar, and other young crop; that would be awesome. Good to see karma doing her job and giving back to Cavs after Lebron left.

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From: Kilrtom
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Date: 5/21/2013 11:18:16 PM
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Yeah Cavs are going to be a team to watch for the future.

Dare i say, the new OKC.

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From: yeppers

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Date: 5/22/2013 8:07:34 AM
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I always find stuff like this, in all honesty, a little ridiculous. I work in professional sports officiating, and I've spent a lot of time around MLB umpires. I can tell you with 100% certainty that if Bud Selig ever asked one of his umpires to rig a game, or try to influence the way a series went, most of them would probably quit on the spot. Integrity is all umpires and other officials have. I can't imagine NBA officials being much different. Not vouching for Stern, I think hes a rat bastard, but don't lump the referees in with him.

From: GM-hrudey

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Date: 5/22/2013 9:55:37 AM
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so how 'bout them Cavs? 1st pick with like a 15% chance of getting it! Thats what i call luck. Now they get to have a lot of young crop on their team.....and if they hold back for one more season and get a top 10 or so pick in the draft, they could be in really good shape after 2014.


What the Cavs really need is to be able to draft a superstar local player. I am certain that will solve all their problems.

From: redcped

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Date: 5/22/2013 5:34:36 PM
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There has been statistical research done on officiating being influenced in favor of home teams, particularly late in close games. SI ran an article in 2011 that is not online (probably because it was a book excerpt), but it's referenced here:

http://www.significancemagazine.org/details/webexclusive/999747/Why-do-home-teams-win.html

From: E.B.W.

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Date: 5/22/2013 6:01:23 PM
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Lakers Kings series is all i need to say... The officials do whatever they are told to do by stern.

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From: shikago

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Date: 5/22/2013 10:57:46 PM
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Integrity is all umpires and other officials have. I can't imagine NBA officials being much different.

Any complaints I've heard about MLB umpires were strictly over missed calls, blunders, etc. Can't remember serious questions of bias in MLB. By nature of the game, anything outside of balls & strikes is pretty clear cut.

While former NBA officials, commentators, coaches, & players all acknowledge bias in NBA officiating. The whole "stars get calls" thing. So-and-so hasn't "earned" that call yet...

Since you brought up baseball, the guy who recorded the Lee Elia tirade frequently talks about his conversation with a well respected, long-time NBA ref. The ref said that if Michael Jordan committed a foul & John Paxson was in the area... the foul would always go on Paxon. "Because we're in the entertainment business". That's pretty damning.

From: shikago

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Date: 5/22/2013 10:59:16 PM
Milwaukee Lethargy
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Regardless of one's position, things like this just look bad:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhmGyZ7KF0)

Not to mention the Lakers Kings a decade ago, the whole Tim Donaghy thing, the Ewing draft, the NBA ref that used to find women for Michael Jordan after games, etc....

When Tom Thibodeau said last series, "‘‘We know how it’s going to be called." "We're not going to get calls. That's reality." I don't think he was even lobbying for calls. Just saying what he felt. Lebron James wouldn't be thrown out of a playoff game if he shoved Nazr Mohammed...

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